Just listened back - you did really well, @Davo55 - your simmering anger was not obvious and you proved we fans are the voice of reason.
Can I just mention here that from time to time the Trust has sent information directly to Roland about what is going on at the club, as well as invitations to meet, the latest being to attend our AGM this Thursday. Where we have had any reaction, this has always been from KM, usually stressing that RD is too busy with other affairs, if she even bothers to mention him.
So he really has no excuse - the information has been put on a plate for him if he could be bothered to engage brain and stop using KM as his human shield.
His reaction to the total failure of Charlton Athletic under his stewardship seems to be the childish 'didn't really care anyway'. If that's so, then stop losing £10m per year, stop ruining our weekends, stop destroying a heritage that is important to us in a way neither you nor Katrien 'I love the club' Meire will never understand, and f*ck off.
We are not in the habit of protesting for no reason, we are not in the habit of being blindly led by a sole dissenting voice, we are not in the habit of sexism. There were no protests until a year or more after KM took over - we did not realise a year after she took over that Katrien was a woman, we realised a year after she took over that she was inept and out of her depth, that she was dismissive of us as a fanbase, she was disrespectful to our history and she was totally deluded and incompetent. If she genuinely loved the club that she is ruining then she would have tendered her resignation long ago.
Why stick around in a war of attrition when you don't even care about the outcome, no-one is winning here (except CARD).
Thanks for the feedback people. Was angry with RDs texts and hoping that didn't show too much.
You were very articulate mate, didn't detect any anger just passion and well reasoned points of view. Held it together far better than I would have done.
Many have already said it, but we are indebted to you and your merry band of travellers for taking our cause to Douchbag's back yard, so thanks once again, safe travelling today and on the way home. PS please pass on my kind regards to Henners and Fanny.
The thing is, if we actually believed there was a realistic chance of him turning things around and getting us promoted then CARD wouldn't exist. That is the problem, he quite clearly hasn't got a clue and promotion isn't an aim or a hope, more a pipe dream for which he doesn't appear to have the requisite skills, knowledge or desire to achieve.
Just caught up with the interview and you were eloquent and calm, Davo55. I feel RD has given me an idea for the next protest... a masked ball with all the 98% of protestors playing their role! What an idiotic accusation to make (actors) and as others have said, he has no idea what this club is about.
His perception of these events are well and truly baffling, but I still believe that the priority should definitely be shifting Katrien on at the moment. After all, she is the one controlling his perception of the situation.
What's most enlightening is that Roland definitely understands that Katrien is a major component of our anger too. He acknowledged this when he claimed that the fans were sexist, but he also visited London to defend Katrien back in March or so.
Our biggest issue is that if he genuinely believes her version of events, despite understanding she is core to our frustrations, then we are not getting through to him, and there's only one individual that the "sexism" narrative suits. So is she seriously censoring what he hears, and if so, does this suggest that even Roland would think this nonsense has gone too far? After all, if his support was as unconditional as it appears, then surely she would have no reason for secrets?
Today he states that (a) he's got better things to do, (b) people will protest regardless of valid reasons, and (c) KM should be the main point of contact. Ultimately it's (c) that is most disturbing: he thinks that the target (as per his own perception, I may add) of our anger is the most suitable person to be in control. Not to mention that despite being the only person able to reign her in, he genuinely sees no obligation to do so and has "other things to do"...
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We are not in the habit of protesting for no reason, we are not in the habit of being blindly led by a sole dissenting voice, we are not in the habit of sexism. There were no protests until a year or more after KM took over - we did not realise a year after she took over that Katrien was a woman, we realised a year after she took over that she was inept and out of her depth, that she was dismissive of us as a fanbase, she was disrespectful to our history and she was totally deluded and incompetent. If she genuinely loved the club that she is ruining then she would have tendered her resignation long ago.
Why stick around in a war of attrition when you don't even care about the outcome, no-one is winning here (except CARD).
Many have already said it, but we are indebted to you and your merry band of travellers for taking our cause to Douchbag's back yard, so thanks once again, safe travelling today and on the way home.
PS please pass on my kind regards to Henners and Fanny.
Duchatelet has been smoked out from his lair and the cracks are now really beginning to show.
#insignificant #twat
To be fair, this is spot on.
If he turned things around and got us promoted twice, he still wouldn't be accepted.
Mainly because he has outrightly treated us like a joke.
What an idiotic accusation to make (actors) and as others have said, he has no idea what this club is about.
What's most enlightening is that Roland definitely understands that Katrien is a major component of our anger too. He acknowledged this when he claimed that the fans were sexist, but he also visited London to defend Katrien back in March or so.
Our biggest issue is that if he genuinely believes her version of events, despite understanding she is core to our frustrations, then we are not getting through to him, and there's only one individual that the "sexism" narrative suits. So is she seriously censoring what he hears, and if so, does this suggest that even Roland would think this nonsense has gone too far? After all, if his support was as unconditional as it appears, then surely she would have no reason for secrets?
Today he states that (a) he's got better things to do, (b) people will protest regardless of valid reasons, and (c) KM should be the main point of contact. Ultimately it's (c) that is most disturbing: he thinks that the target (as per his own perception, I may add) of our anger is the most suitable person to be in control. Not to mention that despite being the only person able to reign her in, he genuinely sees no obligation to do so and has "other things to do"...